My mother had dementia and it was hard watching the woman who had taken care of me have to be taken care of. Watching her world get smaller and smaller as she no longer had the capacity to interact well with others.
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Unfortunately I have. My grandmother had dementia. She passed away last year, but I always say that I lost my grandma many years ago because the woman who died last year was no longer the grandmother I knew. The progression is horrible to watch. She really struggled with keeping me and my daughter (who is 10) straight. Her last Christmas she gave me a $100 bill and told me it was for my college fund - I didn’t even try to explain to her that I had graduated college 16 years earlier. She also got down right mean, she never attempted to hit anyone, but we were all expecting it to happen. It’s truly a horrible disease.
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It is a horrible disease for the patient and the caregivers. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those dealing with this and all other diseases.